April 9, 2020

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Law:

Practice Areas Most Impacted By COVID-19
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Biglaw Associate Salary Cuts Come To The Am Law 50
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Biglaw Firm Cutting Salaries For All Employees And Furloughing Staff Instead Of Conducting Layoffs, This Biglaw Firm Started A Coronavirus Support Fund For Its Lawyers And Staff
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Am Law 200 Firm Puts Its Employees On Ice With Furloughs, Salary Cuts
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Bryan Cave Cuts Pay for Partners and Employees, Taking 'Prudent Measures'
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Dorsey Caps Partner Draws, Furloughs a Fragment of Its Workforce
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Pay Cuts, Layoffs, and More: How Law Firms Are Managing the Pandemic
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Goodwin Goes Virtual For Shortened Summer Associate Program
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Orrick Cuts Salaries, Delays First-Year Associate Start Dates to 2021
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Am Law 100 Firm Announces Attorney Layoffs And Furloughs
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Am Law 200 Firm Reduces Partner Distributions In Response To Coronavirus Crisis
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Has the Magic Circle Lost Its Magic?
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Bryan Cave Defers Partner Payments, Cuts Staff Salaries
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Orrick Rolls Out Salary Cuts Paired With ‘Make Whole’ Cash Rewards
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BigLaw firm creates fund to help employees harmed by coronavirus and matches contributions
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ABA Young Lawyers Division establishes national hotline for pandemic-related legal services
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ABA Board of Governors backs limited practice for recent law school grads as they await bar exam
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Law School Marches On Pretending That Anyone Cares About Grades This Semester
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Harvard Law School FedSoc President Brings Gun To Class
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In Extraordinary Times, Lawyers Need Creative Solutions
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Lawyer is charged for front-porch Pink Floyd performance and says he was unaware of gathering crowd
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Some corporate lawyers see pay cuts as coronavirus impacts bottom lines
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At-Home LSAT Set to Debut Next Month Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
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Coronavirus cripples federal prison in Louisiana
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86-Year-Old Is Killed in E.R. Over Social Distancing
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A Woman Gave Birth In A Border Patrol Station Still Wearing Her Pants. Now The ACLU Is Accusing The Agency Of Abuse.
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ICE detainees seek release amid growing coronavirus fears
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‘Freedom Is Simply Too Much’: Outrage After Judge Stays Own Order Demanding Release of ICE Detainees
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The Pandemic Is Making Shared Custody Impossible
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Trump challenges authority, independence of agency watchdogs Lawyers Issue Dire Warning About Trump’s Purge of Inspectors General: ‘Fascism Is Eyeing This Republic’
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Pennsylvania to seize medical supplies for COVID-19 fight
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Hospitals say feds are seizing masks and other coronavirus supplies without a word
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Kushner’s team seeks national coronavirus surveillance system
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Cops bust Texas teen who boasted about spreading coronavirus
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An Illinois mayor ordered police to enforce the stay-at-home order. They did - and busted his wife at a bar.
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A Legacy of the COVID-19 Pandemic Will Be That Even More Americans Own Guns
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Appeals court leaves in place Texas executive order restricting abortion during pandemic
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Baltimore officer under investigation after video appears to show him coughing at black residents
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A doctor got angry that teen girls weren't practicing social distancing. Then he attacked them, police say.
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California sheriff warns he can arrest and fine people $1,000 for not wearing masks in public
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NJ Town Resorts to Talking Drones to Enforce Social Distancing
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Shocking video shows man in medical mask sucker-punch NYPD cop
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Texas Man Charged for Perpetrating a Coronavirus-Related 'Hoax' on Facebook: DOJ
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Man Allegedly Punched His Mother in Argument over Him Using Too Much Toilet Paper
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Paramedic Busted For Coughing On Store Cashier
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COVID-19-linked “disturbance” hits Seattle area prison
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Already Struggling Small Businesses Being Targeted By Robbers
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Texas Man Arrested by FBI After Claiming He Paid Someone to Spread Coronavirus at Grocery Stores
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Judges:

Deputy public defender alleges judge denigrated his Jewish heritage and pushed him off a boat
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Judge Who Drug Tested Observers to Face Civil Rights Suit
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Courts Deliver Justice Virtually Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
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The Amateurs and Yes-Men in Trump’s Army of Judges
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Ongoing Impacts of the Coronavirus on Litigation Activity in Federal District Court
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Federal Judge Upholds Ban on Topless Women to Protect the 'Public Sensibilities’
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Wall Street:

Stock futures point to a flat open on Thursday
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Dow surges 780 points on COVID-19 recovery efforts as oil prices spike
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Layoffs:

Redfin reduces agents by nearly half, cuts total workforce by 7%
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NRA has laid off more than 60 employees
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Politics:

Elizabeth Warren: What Congress Must Do About Coronavirus
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Durbin warns of 'dangerous and risky' Senate return on April 20
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Trump: Ivanka Created 10% of All US Jobs
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Majority Disapprove of Handling of Crisis
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These Wisconsin voters risked their health to be heard Long lines, anger and fear of infection color Wisconsin elections After chaos in Wisconsin, fight intensifies over how to carry out presidential election amid pandemic How Exactly Are We Going To Vote In This Pandemic?
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Bernie Sanders drops out of the 2020 race, clearing Joe Biden's path to the Democratic nomination
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Biden, Sanders work toward truce on big issues
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From a 5th-Place Finish to Here: A Timeline of Joe Biden’s Comeback
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The 11 most logical picks for Joe Biden’s vice president, ranked
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Trump's 'corona-federalism' pits states against each other. It's a disaster States Brawling in Medical Marketplace With Scant Federal Help
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Cuomo, Fauci, Birx: The New Influencers Anthony Fauci bobblehead raises $100K to buy coronavirus masks
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Trump Is Pushing a False Argument on Vote-by-Mail Fraud. Here are the Facts. Trump, who has lied about voting for years, disparages voting-by-mail for self-serving reasons
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Trump forges ahead with broader agenda even as coronavirus upends the country
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Trump's promotion of hydroxychloroquine is almost certainly about politics, not profits
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Biden vs. Trump: The General Election Is Here, and Transformed
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24 irresponsible lines from Trump’s latest interview with Sean Hannity
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Loeffler will sell individual stocks amid political firestorm
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Negative views of Asian people have risen in both parties The long history of US racism against Asian Americans, from 'yellow peril' to 'model minority' to the 'Chinese virus'
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Federal judge expands voting decision to apply to all ex-felons in Florida
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Sports:

Baseball reportedly seeking May/June return with players and other personnel isolated in Arizona
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Governors wary of Trump's hopes to have NFL, other sports start on time
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Sporting events should be among the final parts of everyday life to return, not the first
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WNBA players ‘have no idea if they will even be paid,’ Hall of Famer Sheryl Swoopes says
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Battle for Premier League survival moves off the pitch
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Food/Beverage:

The Cares Act was supposed to help save small businesses, but independent restaurants remain in dire straits
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Restaurants Scramble to Buy Masks After U.S. Guidelines Change
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Is My Takeout Risking Lives or Saving Restaurants?
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New Seattle grocery store rules, strategies come with COVID-19 etiquette
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Personal Finance:

‘I’m in High School Again’: Virus Sends College Students Home to Parents, and Their Rules
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Life with an essential worker is a daily dance
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Still no refund? It might be time to play the card
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Life after quarantine: 50 things Americans say they'll do when the pandemic ends
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Naomi Watts documents quarantine meltdown as appliances break on same day
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Religion:

With Coronavirus, Riding Out a Plague Has a Whole New Resonance This Passover
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Pastor says his parishioners would rather die than not go to church as he refuses to stop services during lockdown
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Pastor who criticized coronavirus ‘mass hysteria’ dies from illness
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Coronavirus Easter: 56% Of Americans Who Went To Church Last Year Say They’ll Go This Year
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Coronavirus Is Upending Traditions for Passover and Easter—But Traditions Have Adapted for Past Pandemics, Too
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Landlord changes church locks to stop pastor from defying coronavirus lockdown
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Kansas limits size of church services heading into Easter
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DHS to houses of worship: Start planning now for life after COVID-19 crisis
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DHS warns pandemic ‘stressors’ could trigger attacks on houses of worship
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Pope condemns those trying to make quick buck off coronavirus
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The Challenge of Social Distancing in Hasidic Communities
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Ballet:

American Ballet Theater Cancels Spring Season at Met Opera House
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Maritime:

Ocean Carriers Idle Container Ships in Droves on Falling Trade Demand
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With Sailors Stranded, Shippers Face a Hard Choice
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Finance:

Microloans, Seen as Salvation for Poor Women, Trap Many in Debt
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Events:

Angry Fans Say First the Concerts Were Canceled, Then the Refunds
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After Entertainment Venues Reopen, When Will the Public Feel Safe Enough to Return?
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Nursing Homes:

Amid coronavirus outbreak, nursing home patients moved after employees skip shifts
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Newspapers:

The coronavirus crisis is devastating the news industry
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Hotels:

Airbnb is reeling from the coronavirus fallout
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Paper Products:

Theories abound about the true cause of the global toilet paper shortage amid coronavirus pandemic
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Movies:

AMC Theatres "Bankruptcy Appears Likely," Analyst Says
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Coronavirus threatens to shrink struggling US movie theater chains
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Utilities:

PG&E Judge Refuses to Back Fire Victims Push To Delay Votes
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Distressed Investing:

Greywolf Seeks $400 Million for New Distressed Opportunities
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Mining:

World’s Deepest Mines to Take Weeks to Open After Virus Shutdown
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Fraud:

Trumps Won’t Get Marketing-Fraud Claims Sent to Arbitration
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Student Debt:

Warren: Suspend All Student Loan Payments Now
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Forgotten Borrowers: Protecting Private Student Loan Borrowers through State Law
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History:

How Will the Coronavirus Affect Workers? Look At Past Plagues For a Hint
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Transit:

Transit Has Been Battered by Coronavirus. What’s Ahead May Be Worse.
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Tech:

Airbnb’s $1 Billion Bargain Is a Sign of Things to Come
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Economy:

Fed Emergency Rate Cuts Came as Economy Turned ‘Profoundly Uncertain’
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FOMC Minutes: Zero Rates until "weathered recent events"
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Powell Pushed to Edge of Fed’s Boundaries in Fight for Economy
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World Economy Faces $5 Trillion Hit That Is Like Losing Japan
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Five million more unemployment claims expected, but now layoffs could be more permanent
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White House sees ‘real evidence’ coronavirus mitigation efforts are working
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Coronavirus May ‘Reactivate’ in Cured Patients, Korean CDC Says
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U.S. Consumer Comfort Suffers Biggest Weekly Drop on Record
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Virus Will Have Lasting Impact on Prosperity, Fed’s Evans Says
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Bill Gates thinks schools will reopen in the fall, economy will take longer
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Some Trump aides eye May 1 start to coronavirus reopening
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Starbucks sees 6 months of pain, based on China experience
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The coronavirus pandemic threatens low-wage jobs
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Treasury Secretary Says New York May Take Longer To Reopen Than Rest Of Country
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WTO Says Global Trade Collapse May Be Worst in a Generation
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Great Depression Is Closest Parallel to Pandemic, Warns Odey
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Feds eye loosening rules to allow some to return to work
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Great Reboot Looms as World Juggles Lives and Livelihoods
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Is a New Great Depression Inevitable?
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Government and Businesses Turn Attention to Eventual Reopening of $22 Trillion U.S. Economy
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‘By December, we are going to go through this again’
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How to put millions of Americans back to work safely
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Trump wants quick economic comeback, but China's incomplete recovery hints at long-lasting problems
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The danger in the coronavirus recovery will be inertia
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Coronavirus immunity test faces a setback as some recovered patients only present low levels of antibodies in their system
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Even as virus deaths mount, governments eye exit strategies
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‘Cataclysmic Event’: Intelligence Report Warned Of Coronavirus In November January memos put Navarro out front on coronavirus threat
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Paycheck Protection Program: How To Navigate This Puzzle Of Pandemic Proportions Democrats Counter GOP Push On Small Business Relief Democrats and GOP on collision course over new emergency relief package Trump and Democrats jostle over small business pandemic relief Democrats call for further coronavirus funding boost McConnell Sets Up Showdown With Schumer on Small Business Aid What’s next from Congress in coronavirus stimulus legislation? SBA official blasts big banks over failure to quickly distribute loans Pelosi and Schumer seek spending increases for hospitals, local aid, food stamps Janet Yellen tells Congress banks with legal immunity will lend to small businesses faster Small businesses struggle to secure coronavirus relief amid glitchy loan rollout Mnuchin says direct deposits out next week for virus aid Fed to Launch Mid-Size Business Lending Program This Week How Startups Can Apply for Paycheck Protection Loans Anthony Scaramucci: US needs more ‘helicopter money’ to cushion coronavirus blow Congress could vote on another “interim” coronavirus relief bill as soon as this week UBS Pledges $2 Billion to Support Small Businesses Via U.S. Plan Banks Get Big Capital Break for Small Business Loans Amid Crisis
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CARES Act "Rebates" and Bankruptcy
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Treasury Must Act Now To Protect Relief Payments From Debt Collectors
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Five Ideas That Do Nothing for the Pandemic Economy
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Businesses suffering through the coronavirus realize cash is still king
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How a Cascade of Job Losses Left America’s Safety Net in Shreds
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Laffer: Slash Salaries, Taxes to Save Economy
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Florida residents risk coronavirus exposure to line up for unemployment benefits
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As outbreaks flatten in places, Japan, India see more cases
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California eyeing coronavirus financial relief for illegal immigrants, Newsom says ‘Squad’ members want to make illegal immigrants eligible for coronavirus aid
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Fed eases Wells Fargo growth cap to boost emergency loans
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Yes, Liquor Stores Are Essential Businesses What Americans Are Drinking During the Coronavirus Lockdown
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Food Banks Are Overrun, as Surging Hunger Meets Dwindling Supplies Cars Line Up for Miles at Food Banks
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Top Trump economist Larry Kudlow says economy could be shut down for up to two more months
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To save lives, social distancing must continue longer than we expect
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Morrison talks of ‘snapping back’ but the economic recovery from coronavirus will be slow
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Aides hope to give Trump his economic ‘big bang’ starting in May
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Migrant Workers Can’t Afford a Lockdown
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Business is booming for supermarkets – they don’t need government handouts
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LA area Port Traffic Down Year-over-year in March
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Don’t Expect a Quarantine Baby Boom
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As borders harden during pandemic, some countries look to hold onto their own food
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Millennials feel financial sting of not one, but two economic crises
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For Workers Over 50, a Job Without Benefits Spells Long-Term Trouble
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Half a Billion People at Risk of Poverty From Virus Fallout
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Billionaire Drop-Offs: Hundreds Fall Off The 2020 List Amid Pandemic-Induced Market Plunge
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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How People Really Live
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Real Estate:

MBA: Mortgage Applications Decreased, Purchase Applications down 33% YoY Loan Applications to Buy U.S. Homes Drop to Lowest Since 2015
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Rent non-payments shoot up in April as US families struggle No rent was paid in April by nearly a third of American renters Rent Payments Fall as Layoffs Ripple Through U.S. Real Estate 31% Can’t Pay the Rent: ‘It’s Only Going to Get Worse’
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WeWork Isn’t Paying Some April Rent as It Seeks Landlord Relief WeWork Can't Pay Their Rent
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A Landlord’s Primer For An Uncertain Retail Environment
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A massive wave of evictions is coming. Temporary bans won't help.
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Equinox says it will not pay rent, even to its owner
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Houston Real Estate in March: Sales up 6.9% YoY, Inventory Up 2.6% YoY
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The Upheaval in New York’s Rental Market
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New York City Apartment Leases Tumble While Renters Stay Put
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Manhattan's $1bn ghost tower?
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The coronavirus is exposing America’s housing crisis
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Municipalities:

States, Cities Set for Deficit-Borrowing Spree After Big Tax Hit
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With coronavirus on their minds, California voters probably aren’t in the mood to raise taxes
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Oil/Gas:

Shale Cutbacks to Fall on Weakest Drillers as Glut Drowns Market
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First big bankruptcy of latest oil downturn comes to Houston
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Marathon Oil Plans ‘Frac Holidays’ to Cut 2020 Spending by Half
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More refinery cutbacks coming, gasoline could fall under $1 in some places
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Some of America’s Oil Refineries Face Closure Amid Demand Plunge
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Oil Crash Spurs 92% Loss in JPMorgan Note and Clobbers Many More
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A truce in the oil price war could come this week. U.S. energy firms are still bracing for a recession.
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Saudi-Russia Oil Price War Deal Takes Shape, but Market Still Faces Coronavirus Pain OPEC and allies to decide on historic oil production cut as coronavirus ravages demand
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Saudis Send Waves of Supertankers to US
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Oil Crisis Puts 300 Million Livelihoods at Risk
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Oil deal is still ‘tricky,’ prices could hit teens if it falls apart: Strategist
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Global Oil Cuts Seen Falling Short and Crashing Prices, ING Says
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OPEC has ‘disappeared’, says oil veteran Andrew Gould
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Trump’s Promised Oil Cuts Are  for a Mug’s Game for OPEC and Allies
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Oil Demand Slumps 70% in India as Third-Biggest Buyer Shuts Down
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Healthcare:

Hospitals are cutting staff just when America needs them most
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Hospitals are starting to get their coronavirus cash infusion
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Over 7 Million Americans to Lose Health Insurance During Coronavirus Pandemic, 1.5 Million Have Already Lost Coverage, New Study Predicts
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IMHE Model Revised Again, Cutting Coronavirus Death Projection by Over 35 Percent in Days Fauci admits previous projection of 100K-240K coronavirus deaths was likely an overestimate A leading model now estimates tens of thousands fewer covid-19 deaths by summer
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US hits new record for highest number of coronavirus deaths in a day: 1,917 US Coronavirus Death Toll To Peak In 3 Days, Total Overall Deaths Drop By 20,000 U.S. coronavirus updates: Death toll surpasses 14,800
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Only 6% of coronavirus cases actually being detected, claims chilling study
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U.S. nearly empties medical supplies stockpile to fight coronavirus
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Trump administration plan to provide millions of free face masks fizzled
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Hundreds of young Americans have now been killed by the coronavirus, data shows
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Coronavirus’s Biggest Lesson: America Needs a Public Health System for All
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We're short on hospital beds because U.S. allowed too many hospitals to merge
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Anthony Fauci Names The 2 Things He Hopes Will Change Forever After Coronavirus
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Mayor says virus has hit black, Hispanic New Yorkers hard Deaths climb again in New York as overall coronavirus rates flatten 779 more coronavirus deaths reported in New York In N.Y.C., the Coronavirus Is Killing Men at Twice the Rate as Women Former CDC chief claims New York could have seen a 50% to 80% reduction in COVID-19 deaths if state had enacted social distancing measures sooner Cuomo directs flags flown at half-mast in honor of coronavirus victims Cuomo's coronavirus orders vex hospitals afraid to surrender ventilators, take on more patients The nightly ovation for hospital workers may be New York's greatest performance New York's massive cathedral, including its crypt, will become a field hospital ‘Cardiac calls’ to 911 in New York City surge, and they may really be more COVID cases New York’s coronavirus outbreak came from Europe and other parts of the United States, study shows N.Y.’s New Normal: Hospital Tents, Abandoned Gloves, Refrigerated Trucks
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Democrats seek hazard pay for health workers amid pandemic
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The Highest Coronavirus Death Rates in States with over 5,000 Confirmed Cases
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The Asian Countries That Beat Covid-19 Have to Do It Again
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California still way behind in coronavirus testing despite recent advances
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California Launches $1.4 Billion Plan to Buy Medical Equipment
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Coronavirus Slows in Texas
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This South Florida City Is a Looming Coronavirus Hot Spot You Haven’t Heard About
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DC fights to enforce distancing and braces for looming surge
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CDC officials trace beginnings of Chicago outbreak to two family gatherings
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A look inside a rural Louisiana hospital on the front lines of a pandemic
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‘I’ve Never Seen Nurses As Anxious And Fearful As They Are Right Now.’
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As some get ovations, other health workers come under attack
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The Terrifying Story of an Unwitting Potential COVID-19 ‘Super-Spreader’ in Chicago
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The U.S.N.S. Comfort Is Now Taking Covid-19 Patients. Here’s What to Expect.
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How long do lockdowns last? Countries which acted fastest could be freed first
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Trump Slammed the W.H.O. Over Coronavirus. He’s Not Alone WHO chief calls for ‘unity’ after Trump funding threat WHO chief ‘doesn’t care’ about attacks following Trump criticism Trump targeted the WHO when we need it most W.H.O. Chief Warns Against Politicizing the Coronavirus Trump Works on Plan to Cut Aid to WHO
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Israeli Covid 19 Treatment Shows 100% Survival Rate
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How Delays and Unheeded Warnings Hindered New York’s Virus Fight
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How NOT to Wear a Mask
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Obesity is major COVID-19 risk factor, says French chief epidemiologist
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A game-changing coronavirus drug is already here
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How Doctors Are Treating Covid-19 Patients
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Who gets a shot at life if hospitals run short of ventilators?
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Virus May Spread Twice as Fast as Earlier Thought, Study Says
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The long, halting, confusing road to recovery from the coronavirus
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At least half of COVID-19 patients on ventilators don't make it
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De Blasio Says Distancing Is Easing Demand for Ventilators
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Some doctors moving away from ventilators for virus patients
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More Coronavirus Vaccine Efforts Move Toward Human Trials
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Doctors just uncovered another unusual coronavirus symptom
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White House given report showing warm weather won’t significantly curb coronavirus spread
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Florida orders 1M doses of hydroxychloroquine ahead of expected coronavirus peak Trump-Loving Texas Doctor Enlists Nursing Home Patients To ‘Test’ The President’s Favorite Coronavirus Drug Hydroxychloroquine F.A.Q: The Malaria Drug Trump Keeps Pushing
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Trump and Dr. Oz: An Unholy Alliance
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Terrifying video shows how a single cough can spread a cloud of coronavirus across supermarket that lingers for minutes
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Smoking Helps Open Gateway to Coronavirus Infection, Study Shows
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As shortage worsens, federal officials ask agencies to donate spare medical supplies
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Nursing home patient asked Alexa for help before dying from coronavirus
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Are Adults Living With Parents Making the Pandemic More Deadly?
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Seven Reasons Your ‘Coronavirus Party’ Is a Bad Idea
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Many Dermatology Practices Stay Open, Ignoring Public Health Pleas
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Navy prepares to send another aircraft carrier to sea as coronavirus surfaces among its crew
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Checkpoints, Curfews, Airlifts: Virus Rips Through Navajo Nation
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Music:

Help Comes Hard for the Orchestra With No Home
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Agribusiness:

Farmers are panic-buying to keep America's 95 million cows fed
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Fuel Demand Rout Sends U.S. Ethanol Output to Lowest in a Decade
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Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (9 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

UN says half a billion people will turn bankrupt due to Covid-19
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BK ED LA: Updated Filing Statistics
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Insurance:

Monthly Loss of $431 Billion Spurs Insurance Claims Across U.S.
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Stiglitz Calls for ‘Super Chapter 11’ to Avoid Systemic Collapse
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Congress’ Third Major Coronavirus Legislation Makes Bankruptcy Relief for Potential and Current Individual Debtors Easier
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Trustees:

BK WD NC Seeks Ch. 7 Panel Trustees
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Cross-Border:

Global Insolvency Report: Impact of Covid-19 on Insolvency Laws
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Third Party Release:

Third Circuit Allows Third Party Release on "Exceptional" Facts
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Mediation:

When the Work of Mediation Extends Beyond a Settlement
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LLCs:

Limited Liability Companies: Do Not Confuse an LLC’s Membership Interests with Its Underlying Assets
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Cruise Lines:

Cruise Lines Were Shut Out of the Coronavirus Stimulus. Here’s Why
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Costa Cruises slapped with proposed class-action suit over handling of coronavirus aboard Luminosa ship
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Ship at center of virus outbreak raided by Australian police Australian police seize black box from cruise ship linked to coronavirus outbreak
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Education:

Pennsylvania school district plans to save graduation with a ceremony at a drive-in theater
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Coronavirus Leaves Class Of 2020 Reeling With Emotion: Prom, Graduation ‘All Ruined Because Of This Virus’
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Aviation:

Air Travelers in U.S. Dip Below 100,000 in Worst-Ever Free Fall
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As covid-19 cases mount, flight attendants grow increasingly fearful of flying
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Airlines Squeezed By Delays in $29 Billion U.S. Rescue Package
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The Case against Bailing Out the Airline Industry
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The Airline Refund $35B Tidal Wave Is Complicated By Credit Card Markets
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Air Canada to Use Trudeau’s Wage Subsidy for 36,000 Employees Air Canada To Rehire 16,500 Workers Laid Off Due To Pandemic
(DBN)

Attorney general: Alaska borough can't seize airline assets
(DBN)

Prolonged Flight Ban Could Cut Aircraft Sales by About 10,000
(DBN)

Boeing Could Tap Aid With Few Strings Attached, Analyst Says
(DBN)

Coronavirus prompting historic drop in air travel and jet fuel demand
(DBN)

The latest flexible policies at major airlines in the wake of coronavirus
(DBN)

Airports rush to create health and safety guidelines for travel rebound
(DBN)

U.S. airlines to cut summer flights up to 90% with rebound hopes seeming remote
(DBN)

Disaster in motion: Where flights from coronavirus-ravaged countries landed in US
(DBN)

Virgin Australia grounds almost all domestic flights, seeks government aid
(DBN)

Flying Via a Smaller Airport? It May Take a While
(DBN)

Air France-KLM Expects Only ‘Skeleton Operation’ Through May
(DBN)

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Theatre:

Broadway theaters to be closed longer than expected due to coronavirus Broadway extends its shutdown for nearly two more months as anxieties rise about its future
(DBN)

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Amusement Parks:

Disney might check visitors' temperatures when theme parks reopen, chairman says
(DBN)

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Autos:

U.S. makes $490 million deal with GM for emergency ventilators
(DBN)

Toyota lays off 5,000 temps, postpones North American reopening
(DBN)

Nissan Seeks $4.6 Billion in Loans as Sales Plunge
(DBN)

May is crunch time for U.S. auto suppliers amid coronavirus shutdown
(DBN)

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Coal:

Coal companies aim to cut tax they pay to support miners who have black lung
(DBN)

Republican Senators Want to Help Coal Get U.S. Bailout Money
(DBN)

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Fishing:

Commercial fishing industry in free fall as restaurants close, consumers hunker down and vessels tie up
(DBN)

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Retailing:

Stimulus could leave out some of the biggest retailers
(DBN)

Coronavirus Could Be What Finishes Off Several Big Department Stores
(DBN)

Pier 1, Modell’s, Kaufhof: The Retailers Coronavirus Has Already Taken A Toll On
(DBN)

Bosses Stretch the Definition of Who Is ‘Essential’ — and Workers Take the Risk
(DBN)

Grocery clerk who had kept working to help seniors dies
(DBN)

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UK:

U.K. Likely to Extend Virus Lock Down by Weeks, Officials Say UK should prepare for lockdown extension, warns minister
(DBN)

Britain set to have the most coronavirus deaths in Europe, analysts predict
(DBN)

NMC Insolvency Proceedings Inevitable, Hospital Operator Says
(DBN)

Virus Is Shock Test of Brexit Britain’s Economic Flexibility
(DBN)

Britons Are Hunting Fruit Picker Jobs Usually Held by Immigrants
(DBN)

U.K. May Need Government to Step in as Housing Market Flatlines
(DBN)

Eight U.K. Doctors Died From Coronavirus. All Were Immigrants.
(DBN)

Britain deploying 750,000 health volunteers
(DBN)

U.K. Employers Cheating Virus Furlough Plan Face Prosecution
(DBN)

UK surpasses Italy’s worst day for coronavirus deaths as 938 fatalities take toll past 7,000 Holly Christodoulou
(DBN)

UK’s Johnson ‘responding to treatment’, remains in intensive care Boris Johnson stable in ICU as UK virus deaths pass 7,000 Boris Johnson is 'sitting up in bed'
(DBN)

The U.K.’s pandemic response shows the U.S. what it’s missing
(DBN)

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EU:

Some of Europe, ‘Walking a Tightrope,’ Will Loosen Coronavirus Restrictions
(DBN)

Belgium to increase testing as part of coronavirus exit strategy
(DBN)

Europe’s Big Economies Brace for Sharpest Drop Since World War II
(DBN)

Eurozone’s two biggest economies sink into historic recessions
(DBN)

European Hopes for Coronavirus Relief Rise—and Then Fall Again
(DBN)

Europe’s Crisis Impasse Signals Greek Lessons Aren’t Yet Learned
(DBN)

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PIIGS:

Italy's daily coronavirus death toll falls, but new cases accelerate Italy Reports Highest New Virus Infections in Three Days
(DBN)

Italy Desperately Seeks Exit From Lockdown’s Economic Cul-de-Sac
(DBN)

Italy, Spain ICU pressures decline, but emotional toll rises
(DBN)

Spain, Italy to Extend Lockdowns Amid Persistent Rise in Cases
(DBN)

Italy's Debt Is Less Terrifying Than It Looks
(DBN)

Spain close to reversing coronavirus curve, says PM
(DBN)

The Italian Doctor Flattening the Curve by Treating COVID-19 Patients in Their Homes
(DBN)

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Canada:

Canada to Loosen Wage Subsidy Qualification Rules
(DBN)

RBC Chief Sees Bigger Hit to Canada From Coronavirus Than Financial Crisis
(DBN)

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Australia:

Australia’s finance minister says he’s ‘confident’ the economy will ‘bounce back’
(DBN)

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Germany:

Germany’s New Coronavirus Infections Rise the Most in Five Days
(DBN)

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MENA:

Lebanon Wants Debt Halved, Seeks Billions in First Peek at Plans
(DBN)

WHO Says Coronavirus Cases in Iran Are ‘Flattening Off,’ Despite Iranian Health Official Claiming Half a Million Infected Iran Gambles on Going Back to Work With Coronavirus Undefeated
(DBN)

Mass Ramadan events in Iran may stop over virus
(DBN)

Trump Administration Will Block Iran’s $5 Billion IMF Loan Bid Trump Is Right to Block IMF Aid for Iran
(DBN)

Pampered Kuwaitis quibble in five-star quarantine
(DBN)

Coronavirus Invades Saudi Inner Sanctum
(DBN)

Passover in isolation dampens holiday mood in Israel Israel Airlifts Eggs to Prevent Shortages During Passover
(DBN)

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Africa:

Goldman Says Virus May Create $75 Billion Funding Hole in Africa
(DBN)

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China:

China just upgraded the status of dogs from “livestock” to “pets”
(DBN)

‘I Told Myself to Stay Calm.’ As Wuhan’s Lockdown Ends, A Doctor Recalls Fighting Coronavirus on the Front Line
(DBN)

Wuhan may be celebrating, but another Chinese city has gone into lockdown over coronavirus China Coronavirus Pain Not Over, Another City Goes into Lockdown
(DBN)

Report says American companies are leaving China en masse — and the coronavirus is speeding up that change
(DBN)

China factories go to extremes to fend off virus
(DBN)

While the World Spends on Coronavirus Bailouts, China Holds Back
(DBN)

China’s Leaders Focus on Domestic Economy as Global Risks Rise
(DBN)

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Singapore:

Singapore fights third wave of coronavirus infections
(DBN)

Singapore Reports Record Increase in New Coronavirus Cases
(DBN)

Coronavirus may spark financial crisis in some countries, Singapore minister warns
(DBN)

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Ecuador:

Ecuador Gives Glimpse Into Pandemic’s Impact on Latin America
(DBN)

Covid-19 Is Trapping Ecuador Between Death and Debt
(DBN)

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Cuba:

Cubans cast aside coronavirus fears to search for scarcer food
(DBN)

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Turkey:

Surge in Turkey’s New Coronavirus Cases a Concern, WHO Says
(DBN)

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Philippines:

Philippine Economy’s Best-Case Scenario Is Zero Growth, Finance Chief Says
(DBN)

Doctors See High Mortality in Virus Fight in Philippines, Indonesia
(DBN)

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Hong Kong:

Hong Kong Unveils ‘Unprecedented’ $18 Billion in Virus Relief
(DBN)

What it’s like inside a Hong Kong coronavirus quarantine camp
(DBN)

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France:

France suffers world’s highest daily coronavirus death toll of 1,417 as it becomes fourth country to pass 10,000
(DBN)

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Denmark:

Denmark Says Virus Lockdown May Wipe as Much as 6% Off Economy
(DBN)

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Venezuela:

Maduro Offers Love for Migrants Then Locks Them in Roasting Camp
(DBN)

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India:

India’s Most Populous State ‘Seals’ 15 Districts to Stop Virus
(DBN)

India Steps Up Stringent Lockdown Measures in Virus Risk Zones
(DBN)

COVID's impact on Insolvency and Bankruptcy Proceedings
(DBN)

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Switzerland:

Swiss Economy Could Shrink 10.4% This Year, Government Warns
(DBN)

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